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Medical Terms Ch 3
Dermatology
Term | Definition |
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Adip/o-, lip/o, steat/o- | fat |
Cutane/o-, derm/o-, dermat/o- | skin |
Pil/o-, trich/o- | hair |
Hidr/o- | sweat |
Squam/o- | scale |
Onych/o-, ungu/o- | nail |
Seb/o-, sebace/o- | oil |
Kerato- | hard, horny |
Xero- | dry |
Crypto- | hidden |
Leuko-, alb- | white |
Erythro- | red |
Xantho- | yellow |
Melano- | black |
Dermatalgia/ dermatodynia | painful skin |
Pruritus | severe itching |
Urticaria | hives |
Seborrhea | chronic skin condition of abnormal cornification (eczema) |
Xerosis | dry skin |
Macerate | softening of skin |
Hyperhidrosis | excessive sweating |
Anhidrosis | no sweat |
Depigmentation | skin loses pigment |
Hyperpigmentation | skin has to much pigment |
Alopecia | baldness |
Hypertrichosis | too much hair |
Comedo | whitehead or blackhead |
Vesicles | < 1 cm, filled with clear fluid |
Bullae | > 1 cm, filled with clear fluid |
Pustules | filled with pus |
Abscesses | large pustules |
Macules | small flat spots |
Patches | large macules |
Cherry angioma | raised blood vessels |
Telangiectasia | flat blood vessels |
Petechiae | small bruise |
Ecchymosis | large bruise |
First- degree burn | only affects epidermis, superficial |
Second- degree burn | affects epidermis and part of the dermis layer |
Third-degree burn | affects epidermis and entire layer of dermis |
Fourth- degree burn | affect all layers of skin, muscles, tendon, and bone |
Cicatrix | scar of healed wound |
Keloid | abnormal proliferation of scar tissue from previous injury |
Nevus | benign growth on skin |
Dysplastic nevus | a mole that looks different from most |
Verruca | wart |
-lysis | loose |